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After a 16 year break from Coarse Angling I re-ignited my passion for fishing in 2010. Follow my journey from tackle selection, new methods, old and new venue's. All the blanks and bags captured. Thanks for stopping by...

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6 weeks without any fishing was a tough break, so I was keen to get on the bank as soon as possible. I decided to return to Gold Valley in Aldershot.
The temperature was 10-12 degrees C, bright, clear sky with a gusting wind moving from left to right.
The Sussex Winter League match was also on so I decide to re-fish the canal bank on Gold Lake.
As I walked along canal bank I noticed there was quite a bit of carp activity as I got closer to the small island, so I picked permanent peg 16, mid way down canal bank to open water. The island in the picture was two swims across, so not in the target area. The Setup
I had decided prior to getting to Gold Valley that I would use bomb and waggler. So I set up my 10' Bomb Rod with 6lb mainline to a drennan quickstop. I also set up my 13' Waggler road with a 5 gram loaded waggler.
Baits for the day consisted of 8mm & 6mm Gold Valley pellets, 10mm Krill Boilie's, dead red maggots and the humble dendrobaena worm.
I was set up an…